If Maroney does not get injured this season, then you can count him having a fantastic season...making him his first pro bowl...I also think that this will be Chad Jackson's breakout season as well!!!

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PS- Remember who was his mentor last year and still is...and you got to remember that this will be his first offseason tc starting off without an injury I think old Chaddy boy will surprise everyone this upcoming season

As long as the OL holds up and gets room for Lomo he will be fine,But I don't see much to say he will ever be a superstar special back but slight above average.

The games he played well in were mostly against scrub teams towards the end of the year,I want to see a 100 yard performance agianst Indy,SD,Balt or a top defense before I could consider him anything more than average to slight above average NFL back.

As long as the OL holds up and gets room for Lomo he will be fine,But I don't see much to say he will ever be a superstar special back but slight above average.

The games he played well in were mostly against scrub teams towards the end of the year,I want to see a 100 yard performance agianst Indy,SD,Balt or a top defense before I could consider him anything more than average to slight above average NFL back.

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Did you watch the AFC Championship game? How about the divisional round against the Jaguars?

As long as the OL holds up and gets room for Lomo he will be fine,But I don't see much to say he will ever be a superstar special back but slight above average.

The games he played well in were mostly against scrub teams towards the end of the year,I want to see a 100 yard performance agianst Indy,SD,Balt or a top defense before I could consider him anything more than average to slight above average NFL back.

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Uh... he ran all over the place against Jacksonville and San Diego (the team you just mentioned in your own post). Those are top tier defensive teams in the league and he smoked them both for well over 100 yards. He was one of the biggest reasons we won the AFC Championship game.

I suspect LoMo will gain 1200 yards in relief of Brady and Moss lighting up the league. Around 9 TD's.:rocker:
Morris will gain about 6 to 700 yards and 7 tds.
Faulk, Evans, and Eckel et al. 400 yards and 3 tds.:rocker:
Yes, I'm predicting we rush for 140 yards a game next year.

I was happy to see a poll/thread on Maroney without Addai in the title and then I was disappointed to see the comparison made immediately.

Are the comparisons really necessary? Do we need to talk about the dome advantage?

The only constructive note I have is that I have noticed that McDaniels never runs the screen with Maroney - those are saved for Faulk downs - but I question this because assuming Maroney can catch I bet he could be very dangerous in these scenarios especially with Moss attracting the attention of the safety in a lot of cases. Does anyone remember Addai's end of 1st half screen against us....oops I broke my own rule.

Also led all playoff RB's this year in rushing with 280 yards as well as 2 TDs.

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If you're trying to prove Maroney could be great, why would you use stats that show he averaged just under 60 yards per game for the last 7 games? Yes, they are better than Addai's last 7 games, but 60 yards per game isn't going to do anything for us, regardless of whether or not he is in the pro bowl.

I think Maroney has shown when healthy he is good back, he should his best in the playoffs vs chargers and jags.

If he could put that together for a season he could be a probowler.

Note: I still think we should take McFadden if the LBs are gone as he could be better value than third best LB. Maroney, McFadden could make a sweet duo. My draft wish list Chris Long, Gohlston, Jake Long, Than McFadden.